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Now, a war that had long been overshadowed by the one in Iraq is back in public view, at the forefront of both news media attention and the presidential campaign.

The Elections channel includes information on 18 topics related to elections, voting or running for political office. Learn more about presidential debates, The electoral college or The voting system.

Barack Obama is gaining support in the rural, conservative town of McArthur, Ohio, reflecting nationwide trends in which the Illinois senator has been consolidating support among independents and in some traditional Republican strongholds.With just three weeks until the election, political analysts say absent an October surprise it will be difficult for Republican John McCain to turn things around. That's a challenge his campaign, which has been written off before, says it is delighted to take up.

The Measure of a President: During The Presidential campaign, much has been made of Barack Obama's slender physique, with some commentators going so far as to argue that he is too thin for most Americans to relate to him. Does...

Damned Spot: All-Time Favorite Political Ads Slate's John Dickerson opens the vault of the Museum of the Moving Image to pick his top five political ads of all time.

amazing story of her first years here in the United States, when Ayn Rand wrote in her notebooks and fashioned her first hero after a serial killer of the 1920's. Why was this information not available when I was wanting to learn more about her early life? Everyone who knew her and helped her rise to prominence didn't want to have this information leaking out to the general public.

Google U.S. Government Search offers a single location for searching across U.S. government information, and for keeping up to date on government news. You can choose to search for content located on either U.S. federal, state and local government websites or the entire Web -- from the same search box.

Google continues to add services--this is one stop shopping for searches related to U.S. Government. Could be really valuable for compiling data for student research. You can make it your homepage and personalize it by adding other content feeds to the page. You can have separate personalized content on both your Google U.S. Government Search and Google.com homepages.

links for a complete unit study on the upcoming 2008 presidential election. these PreK and K-10 links will lead you to articles, hands-on activities and other exercises that are compatible with the Montessori classified reading cards, grammar, creative writing, math, social studies and other extensive lesson plans

Just received an email announcement about these resources and they look great. Some of the links include sites and resources we have already shared in our group.

New report from Pew on the impact of cell phone polling in the election.

What would happen if one of the presidential candidates were to die or become otherwise incapacitated before Election Day: Would Palin or Biden assume the nomination?

If you are interested in registering for the Congress in the Classroom® 2009 workshop, you can complete an online registration form found at: http://www.dirksencenter.org/programs_CiCapplication.htm.

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This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 4010 journals in The directory. Currently 1437 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 268547 articles are included in The DOAJ service.

Nice basic lesson plan for K-2 students to help them understand the concept of voting on a ballot and having a reason for voting the way they did.

Lesson plan for K-2 students from HotChalk lesson plans page. Uses 3 little pics and asks kids to vote on which version of the story they believe. Helps kids understand what happens when you vote on a ballot.

This looks like a great online project for the 2008 election for K-6 students. they vote for president and the data is available for them to use in many projects. Site includes resource links, indeas and books.

Info shared by Nancy Golubic, Project Coordinator, Boardman, Ohio. I've just posted my Election 2008 Online project. Four years ago, I ended up with almost 5,000 kids across the country voting. This year I hope to get more votes. Take a look. It says that registration opens on August 18th, but the registration link already works.

Looks like this starts August 18 recommended by Jen Wagner

eLECTIONS is a nonpartisan election simulation game developed by Cable in the Classroom, in partnership with CNN, C-SPAN and the History Channel, and available, free, online. Refreshed and updated for 2008, it takes advantage of broadband technology - with its capacity to deliver video, audio, excellent interactivity, design and content - to support active, meaningful and memorable learning.

With video conferencing software donated by Apple Inc. and the founders' inside-the-Beltway connections, Generation Engage is fostering high-tech links to connect young people with politicians and other national figures. Includes a video library.